July activities

The month of July was a busy one for us. We took a trip to the zoo with friends from Boston that we haven't seen in a very long time. In fact, it was our first time meeting their adorable little boy.





Brooke and I celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary with a weekend in Vancouver, BC - the place where we got engaged. It was our first weekend trip without the boys. By coincidence it happened to be the weekend of an international fireworks competition the "Celebration of Lights" and our hotel was packed with Brits who had come to watch the United Kingdom's performance. It was a great show using theme songs from James Bond movies...

As you can see it was a very popular event….

We rented bikes and rode around Stanley Park…








Mmmmm…doner kebab. (It seemed Vancouver had a doner shop on every other block)




We attended a going away party for one of Brooke's co-workers. The party was like a Mr. Wizard episode with booze- while the parents sipped their cocktails, the kids made a watermelon explode using only rubber bands, and then followed it up with a Mentos-in-soda-geyser.